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Alex and Byun Sehun kept going out together whenever their schedules allowed. Over time, it became impossible for the feminized man to avoid this issue in interviews and TV shows. He then admitted that he was indeed going out with Byun Sehun, and that he was very happy about it. 

Most of the public, as expected, reacted positively. However, Alex also received some terrifying messages from some fanatical fans of the actor saying that Kim Hana didn't deserve to be his girlfriend, and making a series of threats. His manager, however, told Alex not to worry about that because those messages certainly came from teenage girls who just wanted to scare him. They wouldn't try to harm him for real. 

Since Alex was spending all his meager free time with Byun Sehun, he didn't have time to do anything else. This was bad because he had decided to relearn English, in order to facilitate his transition back to his old self in the future, but now he just had no time to study.

Even so, he had to admit that his encounters with the actor weren't exactly a burden – quite the contrary, in fact. He was enjoying it more and more. When he needed to stay a whole week without seeing Byun Sehun because of the Sweet Dolls' commitments, he missed the guy so much that it was almost physically painful. He missed their conversations, the actor’s clever jokes, the way he looked at her and how kind he was, and undeniably Alex also missed being kissed by him. Oh yes, the couple's kisses had evolved from simple pecks on the lips to deep passionate kisses. 

All this made Alex even more confused. He still believed that he wanted to be a man again, but how could this be possible if he was so well adapted to his life as a Korean girl? He was even dating a guy... a guy he believed to be in love with. It was so distressing… In those moments, as much as Alex wanted to avoid, Dr. Wong's words always came back to his mind. "If you feel happy as the girlfriend of some nice guy, what is the problem? Isn’t that what we all seek? Happiness?"

Could the psychologist be right? Was Alex overthinking something that in fact was pretty simple? He still didn’t know. The only thing he knew for sure was that he couldn't wait to see Byun Sehun again, and he was already planning what he would wear. Will he like to see me in that little red dress that Song Yeon gave me last week? He wondered, giggling.